Curriculum Vitae

Yuqing WANG

Mailing Address: IPRC/SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, POST Bldg. 409G, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: (808) 956 5609;  Fax: (808) 956 9425,  Email: yuqing@hawaii.edu

Education                                                                                                                             

  • 1983, B.S. (Meteorology), Zhongshan University, Guanzhou, China.
  • 1988, M.S. (Meteorology), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. Beijing, China.
  • 1996, Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), Centre for Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography, Monash University, Australia.

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric dynamics and physics, including planetary boundary layer processes; cumulus convection, cloud microphysics, radiation, land surface processes;
  • Tropical meteorology, including tropical cyclones, equatorial waves, intraseasonal oscillation, monsoon, and ENSO;
  • Atmosphere-land-ocean interactions, physical processes and linkage with atmospheric dynamics;
  • Regional and global climate modeling and climate process studies, such as cloud-radiation forcing, large-scale topographic forcing in climate system;
  • Development of high-resolution atmospheric models and coupled atmosphere-ocean models.

Scientific Work Experience

  • Full Professor, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Meteorology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. (07/2008-present)
  • Associate Professor, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Meteorology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. (01/2004-06/2008)
  • Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii. (02/2000-12/2003)
  • Graduate Faculty, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii.  (05/2000-present)
  • Senior Professional Officer, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. (09/1995 -01/2000)
  • Research Assistant, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. (03/1993-08/1995)
  • Visiting scientist, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. (09/1991-02/1993)
  • Assistant Professor, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China. (08/1988-08/1991)
  • Lecturer, Shanghai Marine School, Shanghai, China. (08/1983-08/1985)

Memberships

  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Meteorological Society

Editorship

  • Associate Editor, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, (July 2009-present).
  • Associate Editor, Weather and Forecasting, (January 2007-present).
  • Editor, Tropical Meteorology, The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), UNESCO, Eolss Publishers Co Ltd. UK. (Current).
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Regional Climate Studies, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, (to appear in April 2008). 2007-2008.
  • Guest Editor, Special Session on Regional Climate Modeling (appeared in December issue 2004), Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 2003-2004.

Professional Service

·         Chair, The Organizing Committee of the Third International Workshop on High-Resolution and Cloud Modeling – Climate and Tropical Cyclones. University of Hawaii, December 2-4, 2008.

·         Member, The VOCALS Scientific Working Group (SWG) of the WCRP/CLIVAR VAMOS panel, (June 2008-present).

·         Consultant, National Meteorological Center of China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (June 2008-present). 

·         Member, American Meteorological Society's Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Committee, (2007-2010).

·         Oversea Director, Pacific Typhoon Research Center, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, (July 2007-present).

·         Co-Chair, The Organizing Committee of the Third Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC08), Nanjing, China, 3-5 July 2008.

·         Co-Chair, The Organizing Committee of the Second Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC07), Nanjing, China, 8-10 July 2007.

·         Invited Lecturer, "Operational Numerical Forecasting on Tropical Cyclones", WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone Disaster Reduction, Guangzhou, China, 26-31 March 2007.

·         Member, Science Advisory Committee (SAC), Shanghai Regional Meteorological Center, Shanghai, China, (September 2006-present).

·         Member, SOEST Young Investigator Selection Committee, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, (November 2004-2006).

·         Member, The organizing committee of the "International Symposium on Tropical Weather and Climate", Guangzhou, China, November 7-11, 2004.

·         Member, Curriculum Committee of Meteorology Department, University of Hawaii, (February 2004-2009).

·         Organizer, IPRC Mini-Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, August 20, 2004, IPRC, University of Hawaii.

·         Member, The Organizing Committee of the Fourth Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, August 12-13, 2005, Beijing Climate Center, Beijing China.

·         Co-Convener, Special session "Challenging Issues in Tropical Cyclone Research and Forecasts in the Western Pacific" at the 2004 Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, August 17-20, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii.

·         Member, The Organizing Committee of the Third Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling, February 17-20, 2004, International Pacific Research Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

·         Member, The Organizing Committee of the Second Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, March 4-6, 2003, FRSGC, Yokohama, Japan.

·         Member, The Organizing Committee of the First IPRC Regional Climate Modeling Workshop, October 9-12, 2001, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

·         Member, Selection Committee for the Max Eaton Award, 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, May 29 – June 2, 2000, Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

·         Guest Instructor, WMO/COMET Workshop on Short-Range and Very Short Range Weather Predication, October 21-November 8, 1996, Boulder, Colorado.

·         Invited Supervisor, postdoctoral fellows at Shanghai Typhoon Institute/China Meteorological Administration, Shanghai, China. (July 2006-present).

·         Guest Professor, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. (June 2006-present).

·         Guest Professor, National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (August 2005-present).

·         Guest Professor, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, (August 2002-present).

·         Invited Participants, Third US-Korea Joint Workshop on Storm Scale and Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Prediction, February 20-22, 2002, Boulder, Colorado.

·         Referee, Nature, Science, J. Atmos. Sci., J. Climate, Mon. Wea. Rev., Wea. Forecasting, Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., Tellus, Meteor. Atmos. Phys., Aust. Meteor. Mag., Intl. J. Climatol., J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Adv. Atmos. Sci., Geophys. Res. Lett., TAO; Theor. Appl. Climatol.

Funded Projects

·         Next generation aerosol-cloud microphysics for advanced high-resolution climate predictions, DOE, September 2009-August 2011, $292,426. (PI: Kevin Hamilton, co-PI: Yuqing Wang and Vaughan Phillips).

·         Evaluation and Improvements of Cloud and Precipitation Physics in the Operational Hurricane WRF Model at NOAA/EMC, NOAA/JHT, August 2009-July 2011, $184,547. (PI: Yuqing Wang, co-PI: Vaughan Phillips).

·         Study of Processes Leading to Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Changes, NSF, April 2008-March 2011, $398,016. (PI: Yuqing Wang).

·         Evaluation and Improvement of NOAA Climate GCM Air-Sea Interaction Physics: An EPIC/VOCALS Synthesis Project, NOAA, OGP/CPPA, August 1 2007-July 2010, $275,384. (PI: Yuqing Wang, Co-PIs: Shang-Ping Xie and Simon de Szoeke).

·         Study of Processes Leading to Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change. NSF, October 15 2004-September 30 2009, $278,840. (PI: Yuqing Wang).

·         Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Sudden Changes of Track and Intensity in the Western Pacific, ONR, October 2006-September 2008, $643,500. (PI: Bin Wang, Co-PIs: Yuqing Wang, and Tim Li).

·         Establishment of the Integrated Climate Database for Reanalysis and International Data Network-Year 4, JAMSTEC, October 2005-March 2006, $73,395. (PI: Peter Hacker, co-PI: Shang-Ping Xie, Yuqing Wang).

·         Tropical Cyclone Energy Dispersion and Self-maintaining Mechanisms for Summer Synoptic-scale Waves in the Northwest Pacific, NSF, September 2001-August 2004, $298,150. (PI: Tim Li, Co-PI: Yuqing Wang).

·         Dynamical Control of Rapid Tropical Cyclone Intensification by Environmental Shears, ONR, January 2002-December 2004, $795,000. (PI: Bin Wang, Co-PIs: Yuqing Wang, and Tim Li).

·         Effects of the Andes on the Eastern Pacific Climate, NOAA CLIVAR/PACS Program, July 2001-June 2004, $289,995. (PI: Shang-Ping Xie, Co-PI: Yuqing Wang).

Courses Taught

·         Met 614, Tropical Cyclones (2007 Spring, 2009 Spring)

·         Met 620, Physical Meteorology (2005-2006 Spring)

·         Met 610, Tropical Climate and Weather (2004 Fall, 2007-2009 Spring)

·         Met 303, Atmospheric Dynamics (2005 Fall, 2007 Fall, 2009 Fall).

·         Met 765, Research Seminar (2005 Fall, 2009 Fall)

·         Aviation Meteorology (1983-1984)

Refereed Publications

·         Lauer, A., K.P. Hamilton, Y. Wang, V.T. Phillips, and R. Bennartz, 2010: The impact of global warming on marine boundary layer clouds over the eastern Pacific – A regional model study. J. Climate, (submitted).

·         Xie, B.-G., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2010: Observed characteristics of hail size in four regions in China during 1980-2005. J. Climate, (submitted).

·         Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2010: Sensitivity of the simulated tropical cyclone inner-core size to the initial vortex size. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

·         Wyant, M.C., R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, C. R. Mechoso, J. Bacmeister, M. A. Balmaseda, B. Barrett, F. Codron, P. Earnshaw, J. Fast, C. Hannay, J. W. Kaiser, H. Kitagawa, S. A. Klein, M. Köhler, J. Manganello, H.-L. Pan, F. Sun, S. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2010: The PreVOCA experiment: Modeling the lower troposphere in the Southeast Pacific. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 23909-23953.

·         Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Sotah, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2010: Multiscale interactions in the lifecyle of a tropical cyclone simulated in a global cloud-system resolving model. Part II: Mesoscale and storm-scale processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

·         Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Sotah, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2010: Multiscale interactions in the lifecyle of a tropical cyclone simulated in a global cloud-system resolving model. Part I: Large-scale and storm-scale evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

·         Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2010: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone inner core size and intensity to the radial distribution of surface entropy flux. J. Atmos. Sci., (in press).

  • Yu, J.-H., Z.-M. Tan, and Y. Wang, 2010: Effects of vertical wind shear on intensity and rainfall asymmetries of strong Tropical Storm Bilis (2006), Adv. Atmos. Sci., (in press).
  • Yu, J.-H., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2010: Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity to a global warming scenario in the IPCC AR4 CGCMs. J. Climate, (in press).

·         Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, Y.-H. Duan, and L.-S. Chen, 2010: On sea surface roughness parameterization and its effect on tropical cyclone structure and intensity. Adv. Atmos. Sci., (in press).

·         Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2010: A comparison between the effects of snow albedo and infiltration of meting water of Eurasian snow on East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall. J. Geophys. Res.- Atmosphere, 115, D02115, doi:10.1029/2009JD012189.

·         Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, and L.-S. Chen, 2010: A statistical analysis of vertical shear effect on tropical cyclone intensity change in the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L02802, doi:10.1029/2009GL041788.

·         Wang, Y., and J. Xu, 2010: Energy production, frictional dissipation, and maximum intensity of a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 97–116.

·         Lauer, A., Y. Wang, V.T. J. Phillips, C.S. McNaughton, and R. Bennartz, 2009: Simulating marine boundary layer clouds over the eastern Pacific in a regional climate model with double-moment cloud microphysics. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmosphere, 114, D21205, doi:10.1029/2009JD012201.

  • Wang, Y.-Q., Y. Wang, and H. Fudeyasu, 2009: The role of Typhoon Songda (2004) in producing distantly located heavy rainfall in Japan, Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3699–3716.
  • Sato, T., H. Miura, M. Satoh, Y.N. Takayabu, and Y. Wang, 2009: Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the tropics simulated in a global cloud-resolving model. J. Climate, 22, 4809-4826.
  • Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2009: Improved simulation of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall with satellite-derived snow water equivalent data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1790-1804.
  • Wang, Y., 2009: How do outer spiral rainbands affect tropical cyclone structure and intensity? J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1250-1273.
  • Yu, J.-H., and Y. Wang, 2009: Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity over the North Indian Ocean to global warming. Geophy. Res. Lett., 36, L03709, doi:10.1209/2008GL036742.
  • Wu, C.-C., H.-J. Cheng, Y. Wang, and K.-H. Chou, 2009: A numerical investigation of the eyewall evolution of a landfalling typhoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 21-40.
  • Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2008: Global cloud-system-resolving model NICAM successfully simulated the lifecycles of two real tropical cyclones. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35, L22808, doi:10.1029/2008GL036003.
  • Shi, X.-Y., Y. Wang, and X.-D. Xu, 2008: Effect of mesoscale topography over the Tibetan Plateau on summer precipitation in China: A regional model study. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35, L19707, doi:10.1029/2008GL034740.
  • Xu X.-D., X.-Y. Shi, Y. Wang, S.-Q. Peng, X.-H. Shi, 2008: Data analysis and numerical simulation of moisture source and transport associated with summer precipitation in the Yangtze River Valley over China. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 217-231, DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0305-8.
  • Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, Y. Wang, and X.-D. Liang, 2008: Climatology of warm season cold vortices in East Asia: 1979-2005. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 291-301, DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0310-y.
  • Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, W. Zhuang, and D.-X. Wang, 2008: Orographic effects on South China Sea summer climate. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 275-289. DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0309-4.
  • Zhao, H., D.-L. Tang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Comparison of phytoplankton blooms triggered by two typhoons with different intensities and translation speeds in the South China Sea. Marine Ecol. Progr. Series (MEPS), 365, 57-65, doi:10.3354/meps07488.
  • Zeng, Z., L.-S. Chen, and Y. Wang, 2008: An observational study of environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity in the North Atlantic. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3307–3322.
  • Ge X.-Y., T. Li., Y. Wang, and M. Peng, 2008: Tropical cyclone energy dispersion in a three-dimensional primitive equation model: Upper tropospheric influence. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2271-2289.
  • Li, L.-J., Y. Wang, B. Wang, and T.-J. Zhou, 2008: Sensitivity of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG (GAMIL1.1.0) climate simulations to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 25, 529-540.
  • Xie, B.-G, Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang: 2008: Trends in hail in China during 1960-2005. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35, L13801, doi:10.1029/2008GL034067.
  • Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Climatology of hail in China: 1961-2005. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 795-804.
  • Wang, Y., 2008: Structure and formation of an annular hurricane simulated in a fully-compressible, nonhydrostatic model - TCM4, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1505-1527.
  • Wang, Y., 2008: Rapid filamentation zone in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1158-1181.
  • Zhao, Y., B. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2007: Initialization and simulation of a landfalling typhoon using a variational bogus mapped data assimilation (BMDA), Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 98, 269-282.
  • Wang, Y., 2007: A multiply nested, movable mesh, fully compressible, nonhydrostatic tropical cyclone model - TCM4: Model description and development of asymmetries without explicit asymmetric forcing. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 97, 93-116.
  • Ma, S.-H., A.-X Qu, and Y. Wang, 2007: The performance of the new tropical cyclone track prediction system of the China National Meteorological Center, Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 97, 29-39.
  • Stowasser, M., Y. Wang, and K.P. Hamilton, 2007: Tropical cyclone changes in the western North Pacific in a global warming scenario. J. Climate, 20, 2378-2396.
  • Yang, B., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2007: The effect of internally generated inner core asymmetric structure on tropical cyclone intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1165-1188.
  • Li, L.-J., B. Wang, Y. Wang, and H. Wan, 2007: Improvements in Climate Simulation with Modifications to the Tiedtke Convective Parameterization in the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP/LASG (GAMIL). Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24, 323-335.
  • Xie, S.-P., T. Miyama, Y. Wang, H. Xu, S.P. de Szoeke, R.J. Small, K.J. Richards, T. Mochizuki, and T. Awaji, 2007: A regional ocean-atmosphere model for eastern Pacific climate: Towards reducing tropical biases. J. Climate, 20, 1504–1522.
  • Wang, Y., L. Zhou, and K.P. Hamilton, 2007: Effect of convective entrainment/detrainment on simulation of tropical precipitation diurnal cycle. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 367-385.
  • Zeng, Z., Y. Wang, and C.-C. Wu, 2007: Environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity-An observational study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 38-59.
  • de Szoeke, S.P., Y. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and T. Miyama, 2006: The effect of shallow convection on the eastern Pacific climate in a coupled model. Geophy. Res. Lett., 33, L17713, doi:10.1029/2006GL026715.
  • Zhou, L., and Y. Wang, 2006: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission observation and regional model study of precipitation diurnal cycle in the New Guinean region. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D17104, doi:10.1029/2006JD007243.
  • Wu, C.-C., K.-H. Chou, Y. Wang, and Y.-H. Kuo, 2006: Tropical cyclone initialization and prediction based on four-dimensional variational data assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2383-2395.
  • Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu, 2006: Role of narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon convection. J. Climate, 19, 3420-3429.
  • Wang, Y., and L. Zhou, 2005: Observed trends in extreme precipitation events in China during 1961-2001 and the associated changes in large-scale circulation. Geophy. Res. Lett., 32 (9), L09707, doi:10.1029/2005GL022574.
  • Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, and R.J. Small, 2005: Effects of central American Mountains on the eastern Pacific winter ITCZ and moisture transport. J. Climate, 18, 3856-3873.
  • Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, B. Wang, and H. Xu, 2005: Large-scale atmospheric forcing by Southeast Pacific boundary-layer clouds: A regional model study. J. Climate, 18, 934-951.
  • Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2005: Subseasonal variability of stratocumulus cloud deck over the Southeast Pacific. J. Climate, 18, 131-142.
  • Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, S. Esbensen, and D. Vickers, 2005: Numerical simulation of boundary layer structure and cross-equatorial flow in the eastern Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1812-1830.
  • Wang, Y., L.R. Leung, J.L. McGregor, D.-K. Lee, W.-C. Wang, Y.-H. Ding, and F. Kimura, 2004: Regional climate modeling: Progress, challenges and prospects. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1599-1628.
  • Sen, O.L., B. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2004: Re-greening the desertification lands in northern China: Implications from a regional climate model experiment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1679-1693.
  • Wang, Y., H. Xu, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part II: Sensitivity experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2650-2668.
  • Wang, Y., and C.-C. Wu, 2004: Current understanding of tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes-A review. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 87, 257-278, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-003-0055-6.
  • Sen, O.L., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2004: Impact of Indochina deforestation on the East-Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 1366-1380.
  • Xu, H., Y. Wang, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Effects of the Andes on eastern Pacific climate: A regional atmospheric model study. J. Climate, 17, 589-602.
  • Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, H. Xu, and B. Wang, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part I: Control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 274-296.
  • Wang, Y., M.T. Montgomery, and B. Wang, 2004: How much vertical shear can a tropical cyclone resist? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 661-662.
  • Small, R.J., S-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2003: Numerical simulation of atmospheric response to Pacific tropical instability waves. J. Climate, 16, 3722-3740.
  • Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: Tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part I: Equatorial heat content changes induced by the off-equatorial wind. J. Climate, 16, 3585-3598.
  • Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: Tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part II: A unified theory for decadal and ENSO modes. J. Climate, 16, 3599-3616.
  • Wu, C.-C., K.-H. Chou, H.-J. Cheng, and Y. Wang, 2003: Eyewall contraction, breakdown and reformation in a landfalling typhoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(17), 1887, doi:10.1029/2003GL017653.
  • Wang, Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2003: A highly resolved regional climate model (IPRC_RegCM) and its simulation of the 1998 severe precipitation events over China. Part I: Model description and verification of simulation. J. Climate, 16, 1721-1738.
  • Wang, Y., 2002: An explicit simulation of tropical cyclones with a triply nested movable mesh primitive equations model-TCM3. Part II: Model refinements and sensitivity to cloud microphysics parameterization.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 3022-3036.
  • Wang, Y., 2002: Vortex Rossby waves in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. Part I: Overall structure, potential vorticity and kinetic energy budgets. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1213-1238.
  • Wang, Y., 2002: Vortex Rossby waves in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. Part II: The role in tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1239-1262.
  • Wang, Y., J.D. Kepert, and G.J. Holland, 2001:  The effect of sea spray evaporation on tropical cyclone boundary layer structure and intensity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2481-2500.
  • Kepert, J.D. and Y. Wang, 2001: The dynamics of boundary layer jets within the tropical cyclone core. Part II: Nonlinear enhancement. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2485-2501.
  • Buckley, B.W., L.M. Leslie, and Y. Wang, 2001: The Sydney Hailstorm of April 14, 1999: Synoptic description and numerical simulation. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 76, 167-182.
  • Wang, Y., 2001: An explicit simulation of tropical cyclones with a triply nested movable mesh primitive equation model: TCM3. Part I: Model description and control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1370-1394.
  • Qi, L., Y. Wang, and L.M. Leslie, 2000:  Numerical simulation of a cut-off low over southern Australia. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 74, 103-115.
  • Wang, B., and Y. Wang, 1999: Dynamics of the ITCZ-equatorial cold tongue complex and causes of the latitudinal asymmetry. J. Climate, 12, 1830-1847.
  • Wang, Y., 1998: On the bogusing of tropical cyclones in numerical models: The influence of vertical structure. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 65, 153-170.
  • Wang, B., R. Elsberry, and Y. Wang, 1998: Dynamics in tropical cyclone motion: A review. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 416-434.
  • Wang Y., 1996: On the forward-in-time upstream advection scheme for non-uniform and time-dependent flow. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 61, 27-38.
  • Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: Tropical cyclone motion and evolution in vertical shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3313-3332.
  • Wang Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part II: Diabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3737-3756.
  • Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part I: Adiabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 411-427.
  • Wang Y., 1995: On an inverse balance equation in sigma-coordinates for model initialization. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 482-488.
  • Wang Y., and G.J. Holland, 1995: On the interaction of tropical-cyclone-scale vortices. IV: Baroclinic vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 95-126.
  • Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1995: Baroclinic dynamics of simulated tropical cyclone recurvature. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 410-425.
  • Holland, G.J., Y. Wang, and M. Lander, 1995: Reply to "Comments on the meandering nature of tropical cyclone tracks”. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 289-290.
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1994: A numerical study on the influence of beta-effect on binary tropical cyclone interaction, J. Atmos. Sci. Res. Appl., 6, 1-7 (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., 1993: Movable CISK waves with Beta-effect and the behavior of South Asia summer monsoon trough-ridge, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 17, 385-394, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1993: The effect of topography on CISK disturbances, J. Atmos. Sci. Res. Appl., 4, 1-7, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Fei, L., Y. Wang, Z. Xue, and T. Wu, 1993: The correlation analysis between the sea surface temperature over the equatorial Eastern Pacific and the anomalous rainfall in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 51, 442-447, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1992: Analysis and numerical study of the interactions of binary tropical cyclones, Part I: Analysis of physical mechanism, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 16, 573-582. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1992: Analysis and numerical study of the interactions of binary tropical cyclones, Part II: Numerical simulations, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 16, 659-668, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Hu, J., and Y. Wang, 1992: Atmosphere and ocean low-frequency oscillations and their effects on tropical cyclone tracks over the northwest Pacific, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 50, 418-428, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., 1991: On the accurate solutions of nonlinear barotropic Rossby waves, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 49, 411-420. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., 1990: Stability of large-scale atmospheric motions in low latitude and the activity of monsoon. J. Tropical Meteor., 7, 1-11. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: The interactions of binary cyclonic vortices in a nondivergent barotropic model. J. Tropical Meteor., 6, 105-115. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: The influence of environmental flow on the interactions of binary cyclonic vortices, J. Tropical Meteor., 6, 193-200. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: A numerical simulation study of the Fujiwhara Effect of binary cyclones, J. Academy of Meteor. Sci., SMA, 3, 13-20. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., 1988: A preliminary study of the dynamical mechanism of intraseasonal oscillations in tropical troposphere, J. Tropical Meteor, 5, 216-227. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, Y., 1987: The dispersion features of low-frequency barotropic planetary waves and the dynamical mechanism of the teleconnection patterns in general circulation, J. Tropical Meteor., 4, 217-226. (in Chinese with English abstract).

Book Chapters and Research Reports

  • Wang, Y., and B. Wang, 2001:  Toward a unified highly resolved regional climate modeling system.  In "Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change:  Toward Integrated Modeling", Eds., T. Matsuno, and H. Kida,  TERRAPUB, 29-48.
  • Wang, Y., 1999: A triply-nested movable mesh tropical cyclone model with explicit cloud microphysics-TCM3. BMRC Research Report No. 74, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia, (Ed., J.D. Jasper), 81pp.
  •  Wang, Y., G.J. Holland, and L.M. Leslie, 1993: Some baroclinic aspects of tropical cyclone motion. Tropical Cyclone Disasters, (Eds., J. Lighthill, K. Emanuel, G.J. Holland), Peking University Press, 280-285.
  • Wang, Y., 1993: On some baroclinic aspects of tropical cyclone motion. BMRC Research Report, No. 39. (Eds, J.D. Jasper and P.J.Meighen). 81-92.
  • Wang, Y., 1990: The mutual feedback between CISK process and the stratification in low troposphere and the preferred scale of tropical disturbance development. Collected Papers of the National Colloquium on Tropical Cyclones, May 12-15, 1990, Shanghai, China, 122-125.
  • Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1990: A movable two-way nested mesh scheme based on a 5-level primitive equation model for typhoon track prediction, Collected Papers of the National Colloquium on Tropical Cyclones. May 12-15, Shanghai China, 143-150.

Conference Proceedings

  • Yang, B., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2004: On the effect of internally generated asymmetric structure on tropical cyclone intensity. Preprints of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, Florida, 457-458.
  • Cheng, H.-J., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2004: The eyewall evolution and intensity change in a landfalling typhoon. Preprints of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, Florida, 451-452.
  • Chou K.-H., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2004: The relative role of wind vs. pressure in the initialization of tropical cyclones-observing-systems simulation experiments. Preprints of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, Florida, 594-595.
  • Wang, Y., M.T. Montgomery, and B. Wang, 2004: How much vertical shear can a well-developed tropical cyclone resist? Preprints of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, Florida, 100-101.
  • Sen, O.L., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2003: Response of the East Asia summer monsoon to the deforestation in the Indochina peninsula: A regional climate model study. Proceedings of The 2nd Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, GAME Publication No. 39, March 4-6, 2003, Yokohama, Japan, 21-26.
  • Wang, Y., H. Xu, S.-P. Xie, and B. Wang, 2003: Application of the IPRC regional climate model to eastern Pacific climate process studies. Proceedings of The 2nd Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, GAME Publication No. 39, March 4-6, 2003, Yokohama, Japan, 99-104.
  • Wang. Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2002: Simulation of the individual severe weather events over China during 1998 Meiyu season with the IPRC regional climate model. Proceedings of Summer Workshop on Severe Storms and Torrential Rain. Chinese Academy of Sciences, June 15-17, 2002, Chengdu, China, 29-32.
  • Wang, Y., 2002: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone intensification and intensity to cloud microphysics parameterization.  Preprints of the 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.  April 29 - May 3, 2002, San Diego, CA, 438-439.
  • Wang, Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2002: Simulation of the 1998 severe precipitation event over East Asia with the IPRC regional climate model.  Proceedings of Third US-Korea Joint Workshop on Storm Scale and Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Prediction.  February 20-22, 2002, Boulder, Colorado, 41-46.
  • Wang, Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2002: Simulation of the 1998 severe precipitation event in China with the regional climate model developed at the International Pacific Research Center.  Proceedings of Workshop on the Network System for Monitoring and Predicting ENSO Event and Sea Temperature Structure of the Warm Pool in the Western Pacific Ocean.  February 5-7, 2002, Macao, China, 41-44.
  • Wang, Y., B. Yang, and B. Wang, 2001: Asymmetric structure and tropical cyclone intensity.  Preprints of the International Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology and Typhoon in East Asia. September 26-28, 2001, Taipei, Taiwan, 139-144.       
  • Wang, Y., J.D. Kepert, and G.J. Holland, 2000:  On the effect of sea spray evaporation on tropical cyclone boundary layer structure and intensity.  Preprints of the 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.  May 29 - June 2, 2000, Fort Lauderdale, FL, J19-J20.
  • Wang, Y., 1999: Polygonal eyewall, eyewall breakdown, inner spiral rainbands, intensity change and vortex Rossby Waves in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. The 10th National Workshop on Tropical Cyclones. Chinese Meteorological Society. December 14-16, 1999, Suzhou, China, 50-51.
  • Wang, Y., J.D. Kepert, and G.J. Holland, 1999: The impact of sea spray evaporation on tropical cyclone intensification. Preprints of the 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. January 10-15, 1999, Dallas, Texas, USA. 26-29.
  • Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1999: On the intensity change of landfalling tropical cyclones. Preprints of the 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. January 10-15, 1999, Dallas, Texas, USA. 493-496.
  • Kepert, J.D., and Y. Wang, 1999: On low level jets in tropical cyclone boundary layer. Preprints of the 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. January 10-15, 1999, Dallas, Texas, USA. 1023-1026.
  • Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1999: What limits tropical cyclone intensity. Preprints of the 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. January 10-15, 1999, Dallas, Texas, USA. 955-958.
  • Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1998: On the relative roles of lateral interactions and thermodynamics in tropical cyclone intensification. Preprints of the Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change. January 11-16, 1998, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 171-174.
  • Wang, Y., B. Wang, G.J. Holland, and L. Wu, 1997: Ocean response to a moving tropical cyclone in a coupled ocean-tropical cyclone boundary layer model. Preprints of the 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. May 13-19, 1997, Ft Collins, Colorado, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86-87.
  • Wang, Y., J.D. Kepert, and G.J. Holland, 1997: On the boundary layer structure under a translating tropical cyclone. Preprints of the 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. May 13-19, 1997, Ft Collins, Colorado, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 403-404.
  • Wang, Y., 1996: On the bogusing of tropical cyclones in numerical models: The influence of vertical structure. Preprints of the 11th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Norfolk, Virginia, USA, August 19-23, 1996. 399-401.
  • Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1995: On the role of vertical coupling in baroclinic vortex motion. Preprints of the 21st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Miami, FL, USA. April 24-28, 1995, 466-468.
  • Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1993: On the dynamics of tropical cyclone recurvature. Preprints of the Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. Hobart, Australia, March 29-April 2, 1993, 412-413.
  • Holland, G.J., E.A. Ritchie, and Y. Wang, 1993: The impact of mesoscale vortices on the formation and movement of tropical cyclones. Preprints of the Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. Hobart, Australia, March 29-April 2, 1993, 364-365.
  • Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1993: The impact of baroclinity and diabatic heating on tropical cyclone motion. Preprints of the 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, May 4-6, 1993. San Antonia, Texas, 212-214.

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